Anti-war movement

An anti-war movement is organized political or social action opposing a particular war, military intervention, or militarism more broadly.

Opposition to the Vietnam War: Political and social resistance to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Its mass protests made opposition to a specific war a defining feature of modern activism.
Anti-war protest: Public demonstration or direct action opposing a war or military policy. Protest makes opposition visible and raises political costs for continuing a war.
Pacifism: The principled rejection of war and, in some forms, all violence. Pacifist commitments have inspired many anti-war campaigns, though not all opponents of a war are pacifists.
Public opinion on the Vietnam War: Changing attitudes among the United States public toward its military involvement in Vietnam. Its shifts shaped the political environment in which anti-war organizing operated.
Just war theory: A tradition of ethical reasoning that sets conditions under which war may be justified and conducted. It can condemn particular wars while allowing others, unlike principled opposition to war.
Iraq War protests: International demonstrations opposing the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent war. The protests show how a movement mobilized globally before a war began.
Civil disobedience: Deliberate, public lawbreaking intended to challenge an unjust law or policy. Anti-war activists have used it to disrupt military institutions and contest state policy.
Anti-militarism: Opposition to the political influence, social values, or expansion of military institutions. Some anti-war movements target militarism itself rather than only a particular conflict.
War Powers Resolution: A 1973 United States law intended to limit the president’s ability to commit forces abroad without Congress. Debate over Vietnam-era executive power helped create pressure for this congressional response.
Militarism: The belief that military strength and military values should dominate national life or policy. It represents the outlook that anti-militarist campaigns directly oppose.

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